Sports Person Famous Names Starting with Letter W

A Scottish footballer who plays for Derby County. He is a full international for Scotland, and also

A Scottish footballer who plays for Derby County. He is a full international for Scotland, and also played for Motherwell, Celtic and Stoke City.senior players released. This period of adversity did however have one redeeming feature, as many talented young players, notably Pearson and his friend and fellow emerging talent James McFadden, gained instant elevation to first team status and a chance to develop and hone their skills more quickly than contemporaries at other clubs.[3]

A former Scottish international footballer who played as a striker.Pettigrew started his career with

A former Scottish international footballer who played as a striker.Pettigrew started his career with Hibernian but left Easter Road for junior side East Kilbride Thistle after failing to make a first-team breakthrough. He joined Motherwell in 1972, enjoying his most productive spell at Fir Park during which he won 5 caps for Scotland.In 1979, Dundee United purchased Pettigrew for £100,000 and he won the Scottish League Cup in each of the two seasons he spent at Tannadice before a £120,000 move to Heart of Midlothian

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Raith Rovers and Heart of Midlothian. Polland, a defender,

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Raith Rovers and Heart of Midlothian. Polland, a defender, began his career with Raith Rovers in 1955, and played about 200 games for the Kirkcaldy club before he was signed by Hearts in April 1961.

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Heart of Midlothian, Blackburn Rovers and the Scottish nati

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Heart of Midlothian, Blackburn Rovers and the Scottish national team.

A left-handed batsman, Watson made his debut for Yorkshire in 1939 and was a regular in the side for

A left-handed batsman, Watson made his debut for Yorkshire in 1939 and was a regular in the side for a dozen years after the Second World War. He made his Test match debut against the South Africans in 1951, and did well. But at a time when England was rich in batting talent, Watson rarely commanded a regular place and his 23 Test matches were spread across eight years. His most famous innings was one of 109, in almost six hours, which enabled England to save the second Test at Lord's in 1953 against the Australians when the game appeared to be lost.

Was a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who is one of only ten

Was a Canadian Horse Racing Hall of Fame jockey in Thoroughbred horse racing who is one of only ten jockeys to ever win the United States Triple Crown of Thoroughbred Racing. During his career, Willie Saunders rode for prominent owners such as Wheatley St

Was a Canadian speed skater who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics and in the 1932 Winter Olympics

Was a Canadian speed skater who competed in the 1928 Winter Olympics and in the 1932 Winter Olympics.

Is a former English cricketer who was a right-handed batsman who bowled medium pace. He made his fir

Is a former English cricketer who was a right-handed batsman who bowled medium pace. He made his first-class debut, playing for Somerset in June 1969, against the touring West Indians. During this match he took his only wickets in first-class cricket, dismissing Test cricketers Roy Fredericks and Joey Carew. In August 1969 Buck represented Hampshire against the touring New Zealanders. He failed to take a wicket in the match and this marked his last appearance in first-class cricket.

Was a footballer who played for Liverpool Football Club in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, h

Was a footballer who played for Liverpool Football Club in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, helping them to a Football League Championship.Bill made his debut in a Football League Division One match on the 2 April 1898 joining his brother, Archie, in the team. Bill and Archie went on to appear together 44 more times before Archie moved to Brighton Tower in 1900.

Was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL. He was also a first-class cr

Was an Australian rules footballer who played with Essendon in the VFL. He was also a first-class cricketer, representing both Queensland and Victoria. South Australian born Bill Stewart came to Essendon from Bendigo club Castlemaine. He participated in Essendon's 1911 and 1912 premierships as a centreman, the position he would occupy for his entire career. In 1912 he represented Victoria in an interstate match against South Australia. When he returned to Australia he became coach of Footscray who were competing in the VFA and steered them to the 1919 premiership. In Sewart's 13 first-class cricket matches he made 435 runs at 20.71. Two of those matches were for Queensland in the 1908/09 summer while the rest were with Victoria. He represented Victoria in the 1909/10 and 1913/14 Sheffield Shield seasons.

Was an English cricketer, who at the conclusion of his playing career became an umpire, officiating

Was an English cricketer, who at the conclusion of his playing career became an umpire, officiating in five Test Matches. Bill Reeves was a medium-pace bowler and a useful hard-hitting batsman who played for Essex from 1897 to 1921, having begun by joinin

Is a Scottish football midfielder.Brawley started his career with Motherwell, but was sacked along w

Is a Scottish football midfielder.Brawley started his career with Motherwell, but was sacked along with 19 others when the club went into administration, and joined Partick Thistle. Brawley didn't feature for the Thistle first team, and dropped out of the senior game to sign for Selkirk.

Was a Scottish international footballer who played for Liverpool Football Club in the late 19th and

Was a Scottish international footballer who played for Liverpool Football Club in the late 19th and early 20th centuries, earning 2 Football League Championships medals.He made his Liverpool debut in a Football League Division One match a 3-2 home defeat at the hands of Sunderland on the 25 March 1895 a season which saw Liverpool relegated from the top flight. The Left sided Full-Back enjoyed his second season a bit more as Liverpool gained promotion straight back to the First Division. Billy's early appearances for the Reds were sporadic but his loyalty and dedication paid off as he was to become a regular

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder. Findlay began his senior career with Hib

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a midfielder. Findlay began his senior career with Hibernian, making just over 100 appearances for the Easter Road side before moving back to hometown club Kilmarnock in the mid-1990s. From there, Findlay spent a year with Ayrshire rivals Ayr United before a short spell with Queen of the South.

Was an English footballer who represented the England national football team. He also played first-c

Was an English footballer who represented the England national football team. He also played first-class cricket with Middlesex and his brother Leonard Moon was a Test cricketer. Moon was a goalkeeper and debuted for England in a win over Wales in 1888 a

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker. Sturrock began his career in the early 1970

Is a Scottish former footballer who played as a striker. Sturrock began his career in the early 1970s as a youngster with Rangers, although he failed to make a first-team appearance. In 1975, Steele moved to Dundee United, making ten league appearances over a year and a half in the newly-formed Premier Division. After leaving football, Steele moved into the bookmaker business, working in Edinburgh before opening BS Bookmarkers in Inverkeithing.

Is a former English cricketer. Young was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium-fast. Youn

Is a former English cricketer. Young was a left-handed batsman who bowled left-arm medium-fast. Young made his List-A debut for Huntingdonshire in the 2000 NatWest Trophy against a Hampshire Cricket Board side, where he took his 3 List-A wickets, includin

Was a Scottish footballer who played mainly for Celtic. He was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire.

Was a Scottish footballer who played mainly for Celtic. He was born in Hamilton, South Lanarkshire. He is the son of former Hamilton Academical player Peter McGonagle. William getting the nickname Peter from his school days. Joined Celtic from Duntocher Hibernian in October 1926. He started as a left half but converted to left back. He made his Celtic debut again Falkirk on 27 August 1927.

Was a footballer who played for Liverpool.Fagan started his career as a teenager at Celtic and moved

Was a footballer who played for Liverpool.Fagan started his career as a teenager at Celtic and moved on to Preston where he would link up with future Anfield managerial great Bill Shankly who was playing for the club at the time. They reached the FA Cup final of 1937 but lost the game 3-1 to Sunderland.

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Liverpool. Steel played for Bridgton Waverley and St Johnst

Was a Scottish footballer who played for Liverpool. Steel played for Bridgton Waverley and St Johnstone before being signed by Liverpool manager George Patterson in September 1931. He made his debut on the 19 December 1931 in a Football League First Division match at Anfield. Derby were the visitors and somewhat spoiled the day, returning to the Baseball Ground with a point from a 1-1 draw.

Was a Scottish footballer. He was the last footballer in Britain to receive a life ban from the game

Was a Scottish footballer. He was the last footballer in Britain to receive a life ban from the game for indiscipline. He is also an inductee of the Scottish Football Hall of Fame[1] and the Rangers F.C. Hall of Fame.After the war he established himself in the Rangers side and won four League Championships with the club. He appeared in the first Scottish League Cup Final in April 1947 when Rangers beat Aberdeen 4-0. He won 24 caps for Scotland, making his debut in a 1-1 draw with England at Wembley.

Is a former butterfly swimmer from the United States. At the 1956 Summer Olympics he was the first t

Is a former butterfly swimmer from the United States. At the 1956 Summer Olympics he was the first to win the gold medal in the 200 m butterfly competition.

Is an American swimmer and olympic champion. He competed at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, where h

Is an American swimmer and olympic champion. He competed at the 1964 Olympic Games in Tokyo, where he received a gold medal in 4 × 100 m medley relay.

Is an American swimmer and olympic champion.

Is an American swimmer and olympic champion.

Is a retired Canadian basketball player in the National Basketball Association who won three NBA cha

Is a retired Canadian basketball player in the National Basketball Association who won three NBA championships with the Chicago Bulls. A center, he was also a member of two Canadian Olympic Basketball Teams (1984 and 1992) and the 1983 World University Ga